Today's Lesson: Smrt 115 - Unit 4

1. Singular and Plural Noun Spelling

Singular and Plural

Read the following text.

There are many things in my kitchen at home. In the refrigerator, there are some apples and some oranges. There is some cheese, some butter and some oil. I have a few pieces of beef but there isn't any fish. In the kitchen, there are many pictures on the walls and my children like to put pictures on the refrigerator. Sometimes, I have some men friends visit me and we make lunch together. At other times, I have women friends visit me and we have dinner together.

Forming the plural in English is very easy. Add '-s' to any singular word Example: apple - applesand you have made the plural! Some words are formed differently:

• Words ending in '-y'. Add '-ies' if '-y' is follows a consonant
  Example: candy - candies, jelly - jellies
• Words ending in '-ch'. Add '-es'
  Example: watch - watches, peach - peaches
• Words ending in '-s'. Add '-es'
  Example: grass - grasses, glass - glasses

Some important exceptions to the plural rule include:

• man - men
• woman - women
• person - people
• child - children

Nouns	Plural	Examples
Most nouns	add s	book, books; cup, cups; sprout, sprouts
Most nouns that end in ch, sh, s, x, or z	add es	box, boxes; bus, buses; prize, prizes
Most nouns that end in a vowel and y	add s	boy, boys; day, days; key, keys
Most nouns that end in a consonant and y	y becomes ies	baby, babies; country, countries; spy, spies
Most nouns that end in f or fe	f or fe becomes ves	elf, elves; loaf, loaves; thief, thieves
Most nouns that end in o	add s	kangaroo, kangaroos; piano, pianos; video, videos
Certain nouns that end in a consonant and o	add es	hero, heroes; potato, potatoes; volcano, volcanoes

Practice:

1.  Exercise

2.  Let's Play a Game!

2.  Irregular Plural Noun Spelling

Practice:

1.  Exercise

2.  Game